Dapper - English meaning

adjective

Elegantly and stylishly fashionable.

Usage examples:

She looked every inch the chic frenchwoman

noun

Stylishness and elegance, typically of a specified kind.

Usage examples:

The hotel's lobby and restaurant are the height of designer chic

adjective

Stylish and fashionable

Usage examples:

I like your haircut - it's very chic., a chic restaurant

adjective

(of a substance) firm, dry, and brittle.

Usage examples:

Crisp bacon

noun

A wafer-thin slice of potato fried or baked until crisp and eaten as a snack.

Usage examples:

Cut down on fatty snacks such as crisps

verb

Give (food) a crisp surface by placing it in an oven or under a grill.

Usage examples:

Crisp the pitta in the oven

adjective

Attractive, adventurous, and full of confidence (typically used of a man).

Usage examples:

A dashing young pilot

verb

Run or travel somewhere in a great hurry.

Usage examples:

I dashed into the garden

adjective

Attractive and stylish because of being energetic, exciting, and confident

Usage examples:

A dashing young man

adjective

Confident, stylish, and charming (typically used of a man).

Usage examples:

All the men looked debonair and handsome in white tie and tails

adjective

Having a sophisticated charm

adjective

(especially of men) attractive, confident, and carefully dressed

Usage examples:

A debonair appearance/manner, a debonair young man

adjective

Graceful and stylish in appearance or manner.

Usage examples:

She will look elegant in black

adjective

Graceful and attractive in appearance or behavior

Usage examples:

We met a young businesswoman, elegant in a black suit., he was known for his elegance and wit., ele…

adjective

Graceful and attractive in appearance or behaviour

Usage examples:

An elegant woman, a very elegant suit, an elegant dining room

adjective

(of a person or an article of clothing) smart and fashionable.

Usage examples:

A natty blue blazer

adjective

(among rastafarians) denoting hair that is uncombed or matted, as in dreadlocks.

Usage examples:

The hippie had natty blond hair, and large, vacant-looking eyes with wrinkles around them.

adjective

Stylish and tidy in every detail

Usage examples:

He's always been a natty dresser.

adjective

Arranged in a tidy way; in good order.

Usage examples:

The books had been stacked up in neat piles

noun

A bovine animal.

abbreviation

Non-exercise activity thermogenesis (the energy dissipated as heat by a person during minor physical activity, such as fidgeting or shivering, that does not involve a large expenditure of energy and is not perceived as exercise).

adjective

Particularly good, skilful, or effective.

Usage examples:

Nifty footwork

adjective

Good, pleasing, or effective

Usage examples:

What a nifty little gadget – you can use it for all kinds of things.

adjective

Lively, bold, and full of spirit; cheeky.

Usage examples:

Toni was smart and sassy and liked to pretend she was a hard nut

adjective

Rude but not seriously offensive

Usage examples:

I was a sassy kid who sometimes talked back to my mother.

adjective

(of an object) having an edge or point that is able to cut or pierce something.

Usage examples:

Cut the cake with a very sharp knife

adverb

Precisely (used after an expression of time).

Usage examples:

The meeting starts at 7.30 sharp

noun

A musical note raised a semitone above natural pitch.

Usage examples:

Choices in successive levels expand to all notes, then sharps and flats.

adjective

(of a person) clean, tidy, and well dressed.

Usage examples:

You look very smart

verb

(of a wound or part of the body) feel or cause a sharp stinging pain.

Usage examples:

Her legs were scratched and smarting

noun

Sharp stinging pain.

Usage examples:

The smart of the recent cuts

adjective

Irritable and inclined to speak sharply; snappish.

Usage examples:

Anything unusual made her snappy and nervous

adjective

Stylish and attractive.

Usage examples:

Snazzy little silk dresses

adjective

Modern and stylish in a way that attracts attention

Usage examples:

Snazzy computer graphics

adjective

Dressed very elegantly; well groomed.

Usage examples:

She was dark, petite, and soignée

noun

A widespread coniferous tree which has a distinctive conical shape and hanging cones, widely grown for timber, pulp, and christmas trees.

Usage examples:

The best trees to plant with wildlife in mind are cherry and mulberry for their fruits, pines and s…

adjective

Neat in dress and appearance.

Usage examples:

Angela was a very spruce and tidy person

verb

Make someone or something smarter or tidier.

Usage examples:

The fund will be used to spruce up historic buildings

adjective

Arranged neatly and in order.

Usage examples:

His scrupulously tidy apartment

noun

An act or spell of tidying something.

Usage examples:

She's coming to give his house its saturday morning tidy

verb

Bring order to (something); arrange neatly.

Usage examples:

The boys have finally tidied their bedroom

verb

Make (something) neat or of the required size or form by cutting away irregular or unwanted parts.

Usage examples:

Trim the grass using a sharp mower

noun

Additional decoration, typically along the edges of something and in contrasting colour or material.

Usage examples:

A red blazer with gold trim

adjective

Neat and smart in appearance; in good order.

Usage examples:

His face was freshly shaved, his clothes neat and trim

phrase

To be beautifully, well, etc. dressed

Usage examples:

She's always beautifully turned out., he arrived with his wife and three well-turned-out young chil…